MANY LANGUAGES, ONE WORLD
2016 Student Essay Contest and Global Youth Forum
Share your ideas and be heard…
perhaps even in the General Assembly Hall of the United
Nations!
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Students will be selected as delegates to the 2016 United Nations Academic
Impact Global Youth Forum, 25-31 July, 2016, where they will create action
plans related to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The students will present these action plans at United Nations Headquarters in
New York City.
Airfare,
Room and Meals will be provided by ELS Educational Services, Inc.
To
Participate:
Write
an original essay (2,000 words or less) discussing global citizenship and
cultural understanding and the role that multilingual ability can play in
fostering these. The essay should reflect your personal, academic, cultural and
national context. Essays must be written in an
official language of the United
Nations that is not your first language or primary language of instruction
during your primary or secondary education. The official United Nations
languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. You will
need to demonstrate both written and verbal competency in the language of the
essay. You must be a full-time university student, recommended and endorsed by
a Faculty Member or University Representative, and must be 18 years of age or
older by the contest deadline.
Essay
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 March, 2016 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time
(EST)
The
winners will be selected from entries in each language. For more details click HERE
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